Month: September 2015

Four Toombs County Lady Bulldog seniors had to wait four days for their Senior Day game against Dodge County. The game was originally scheduled for Thursday, but it was rained out. On the makeup date the Lady Bulldogs kept Dodge off the scoreboard for the first two innings, but the top team in the subregion eventually pulled away to a 9-0 win in six innings. Watch a slideshow As for…

The Toombs County Volleyball team is 13-13 and sitting in fourth place in the region. The Net Dawgs have consistently beaten all the teams below them in the standings and lost to all the teams above them- Savannah Arts, Southeast Bulloch and Islands. However, they keep getting closer to knocking off one of the top three. Recently at home they battled SEB in a tough three setter and in their…

The Appling County Pirates turned a close and competitive 7-7 game in the second quarter into a double-digit victory by scoring thre. e touchdowns in the final five minutes of the opening half. The Pirates led 28-7 at the break and were a 42-21 winner when the final horn sounded at Jimmy Swain Stadium in Baxley. Appling took the opening kickoff and broke off two 10-plus yard running plays and…

She doesn’t talk like she is 14 years old or sing or play a multitude of instruments like she is just in her second year of being a teenager. However, Claxton’s Micahlan Boney is 14 and she is an award wining fiddle player who can also play the mandolin, banjo and guitar. Two weeks prior to her performance on Friday, October 9 at 4:30 p.m. in Lyons at…

The Toombs County Middle School Bullpups scored the first and the last touchdown in a 30-14 loss at J.R. Trippe. The first TD was the Bullpups first score of the season after being shutout by Swainsboro, Dublin and West Laurens to open up. The Bullpups first touchdown drive of the season was quite a drive. TCMS took the opening kickoff and held the ball for the whole first eight minute…

The Toombs County Lady Bullpup softball season ended with a 10-2 MGMSAA first round playoff loss at J.R. Trippe. The Lady Chiefs scored five runs in the sixth to end the game one inning early. Watch a slideshow Seventh grader Ashtyn Braddy went 2-for-2 with a walk. The TCMS pitcher singled to right field in the first inning and stole second base. In the third inning she reached on an infield…

As a Toombs County Bulldog Jamar Smith usually led the team in rushing. These days at Holmes Community College, in Mississippi, Smith is leading those Bulldogs in tackles through four games. Jamar, who wears number nine and plays linebacker, leads Holmes with 28 total tackles- 17 solo tackles and 11 assist. He has one sack for minus seven yards. Watch a slideshow Jamar opened up his collegiate career by leaidng Holmes…

She didn’t lead the whole way, but she did lead most of the way. Toombs County Middle School’s Crystal Morales won her first race of the season running the two mile course around TCMS, Lyons Upper Elementary and the pond in 13:47 and she held off a competitor, from Richmond Hill, by a nine second margin at the finish line. Watch a slideshow Morales took the lead early in the race…

The Toombs County volleyball team split two three set home matches against two region opponents. First the Net Dawgs avenged a two set loss to Jenkins High School, in Savannah by beating the Lady Warriors 25-13, 21-25 and 25-12. Watch a slideshow Next Southeast Bullouch beat Jenkins 25-18 and 25-23 and then TCHS took on SEB. The Yellow Jackets defeated Toombs 25-23 and 25-13 on the first day of the season…

In their second game of the season, at Tattnall County, the Toombs County junior varsity football team gave up a long TD run on the first play from scrimmage and they lost. In game their third game Appling County, the Bulldogs got off their bus ready to play on defense and they didn’t yield a single point in a 27-0 win. Watch a slideshow The Bulldog offense set Appling up with turnovers…